R.I.P General Mainul Hossain Chowdhury

Always there are only a few people who would dare go against an overwhelming wave of psyche dominating public mindset and speak out the truth.

After the political upheaval of 1975, few people were there who would dare caution against national anti Mujib paranoia and make a point that a gruesome massacre is never the right way to bring a good change.

Very recently we saw how our national psych was totally hypnotized and supported the wrongdoings of the masked military regime that forced a constitutional caretaker government out of power. The whole educated class seemed to be in an orgy to politician trashing.

And against that wave, some people, still a few, were there to ask the nation to think again, think deep.

Major General ( Retd.) Mainul Hossain Chowdhury was one such soul. He would not be the one who will fill the airwaves repeating the same hollow rhetoric that fill our stratosphere these days. Major General Chowdhury was an honest, truthful, conscientious man who would go deep into the issue to expose the inconvenient truth. And he would do so with utmost modesty. A rare gem in current standards.

A decorated freedom fighter, a brilliant army general, a very successful administrator and diplomat, General Chowdhury served out nation till the last days of his life.

I am extremely grieved to know about the demise of Major General Moinul Hossain Chowdhury. I was a young lieutenant commanding a platoon at Kamalpur post when Major Moinul Hossain attacked my post on the night July 31-August 01, 1971 as commander 1st Bengal Regiment. I wish I could meet him before his death to apologize for killing captain Salahuddin Momtaz, wounding Captain Hafiz uddin Ahmad and killing over 100 men under his command. May the soul of General rest in peace, Amen

With all do respect to Major Ali Muhammad Shah your comment regarding your battlefield experience with Major Moinul Hossain and others at Kamalpur express the partial truth of viciousness of 1971 war. Due to the fact that during 1971 Pakistani army was engaged with ethnic clinging by killing their own troops and civilians that Junta fills who were inferior by their definition. Thanks to all those so called top brass of Pakistan army’s general such as Ayub khan, Yahya Khan, Tikkah Khan, Niazi and others who were part of army Junta and directly engaged to disintegrate Pakistan during 1971 war. India took advantage over the foolishness of belligerent parties and makes both Muslim countries as a lame duck nation. Bangladesh becomes secular and pro-Hindu while Pakistan ends up as a fanatic and extremist nation. It is ironic that all of you graduate from same military academy ( kakul). To become a leader one has to conscious and rises above all predigests injustice and short come.

My salute to this hero of Bangladesh. His career as an Army officer must have been very sucessful.But I think giving him political color of Po Mujib lobby is utterly insulting. Yes I am talking about writter Rumi who has made the late General a political favourite of the Muijb and BAL Govt. Well that will possibly play well for the personal benefit of the Author but will have an opposite affect on the neutral people.
If a general doesn’t understand the reason of removal of a totalitarian rule like the infamous BKSAL and opposes the change he would really had some deficiency. I hope the color thrown at his career is not of any honor but an insult to a freedom fighter and a patriot.
Another point there is no good luck in heaven , people with good luck and work ends in heaven.